The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1887-05-24
a Free Lance" on His Leader.

What impressed me most about
Garibaldi was the large triceps, or
shoulder muscles he had They were
Just like two half cocoanuts sticking
up beneath his white Mexican mantle
From Heenan and Morrissey to Mace,
I never saw anything like it. 1t would
have made two of theirs. And the sabre
he used! Two of the Life Guards
blades forged into one would have
made it. Many a time have l seen
that awful sabre sweeping right and
left like clock work, as he moved
down the enemy like grass, seated on
his old white charger ADanti, aDaHtt,
rang from his lips all the while, and
his trumpet voice rose high above the
loudest artillery fire His strength
was simply Herculean, and was only
surpassed by Gen. Dune As an in
stance of CTS strength, / remember
leaving the Cafe, in Naples, with some
brother officers, and seeing him pass
with only one attendant. We followed
him, as he was going towards an un
lighted and dangerous part of the
city, which swarmed with rufians. He
was going to visit one of his dying
soldiers. We had not long to wait;
like lightning two men sprang at him,
knife in hand. Ere their blades could
fall, he had each one by the throat,
raised high in air. He then knocked
them together and let them drop on
the stones. You may guess that our
swords were out. But no, The great
hero said: leave them alone; the poor
fools have had their lesson. That was
the kind Of man that be was, Just as
he was when the tyrant Rosas in
South America hung him up by the
thumbs in face Of a blazing tropical
sun for four mortal hours That night
G. escaped. In two days he had Rosas
in his power, and when some OF his
men, many Of whom We're vaqueros
and bull fighters, drew their long ma
yajas and We're actually-such IS their
brutifed proposing to skin
Rosas alive, Garabaldi not only fur
nished him with an escort OF his own
bodyguard to the frontier, but even
collected together every horse, bull
lock and single article that had been
looted from Rosas, amounting in
specie and jewels alone, to several
thousands OF pounds, and had him
and his immense wealth conveyed to
place Of safety. The Neapolitans
realized this side Of his character to
such an extent that [ have seen whole
battallions of then actually kneel
down in the dust as The Liberator"
passed. He had only one formula for
them, roaring out, Rise! that is the
attitude Of slaves, not Of freemen!"
They even carried their worship to
blasphemous pitch; and of one occa
sion I have very vivid recollection,
and the only one on which [, or. I be-
lieve any one else, ever saw GarabaIdi
lose his temper. There was a grand
fete in his honor professions, bands,
banners, flowers, and everything that
makes an Italian fiesta so delightful.
Suddenly his eye caught the principal
banner-a huge affair, bearing the
Latin inscription: "Ioseplus Niceanus
Redemptor ItdEta," so arranged that at
the first glance only the 81. ~. Il. ~
caught the eye. Garibaldi beckoned
the bearers towards the balcony They
came with a proud smile of exultation,
and held it higher for his inspection.
The General seized it. tore it from its
slaves, and, tearing it to tatters, flung
them in the foces of the cheering
crowd with one word which dominated
all their united voices like a trumpet
blast-Rdgazzji and without vouch-
safng another word, went inside Not
all their cheers, all their Populations,
could get him to appear before them
again. For concentrated scorn of
tone, for the most intense contempt
and fury expressed in his features, it
might well have been his friend. the
greatest orator Of our time, the tdcle
priaceps. Pail Mall Gazette